Since 1983, WINTEC has built a solid reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions for our customers’ toughest problems. Our expertise in systems and software engineering provide these solutions for many military applications—including manned/unmanned aircraft and weapons/sensors integration and ground robotics systems.Our customers include the US Air Force, US Army, US Navy, USSOCOM, and many prime Defense Contractors and commercial-aviation avionics and armament control systems.WINTEC maintains our core competencies through our strong team of subject matter experts (SMEs) in aircraft systems and avionics, stores management systems, platform-launcher- stores integration, special test equipment, emulators/simulators/translators, weapon systems technology, unmanned air and ground systems, and specialized systems engineering and test and evaluation.

Miniature Air-Launched Rawinsonde and Dropsonde (MALRD): SBIR II (Edwards) that led to development of a miniaturized dropsonde package ejected via an ALE-47 ASE flare magazine with drogue and main parachute for descent. Measured pressure, temperature, humidity, GPS-based E/N winds and other metrics along an air column to characterize atmospheric conditions prior to flight vehicle testing. Data telemetered to ground station during descent.

Cirit Translator Unit (CTU): Developed an internal translator unit to process ethernet-based messaging and convert to MIL-STD-1760 interface at the launcher. Includes all power, discrete, and digital sources required by launcher systems for SAL-guided rocket systems.

MIL-STD-1760 BRU-61 Interface Tester (MBIT): Emulates the BRU-61A. Simulates the BRU discovery process, BRU initialization, and store jettison to the BMS in AC-130W aircraft. Validates required platform functions at the MIL-STD-1760 interface. Used for flight line testing at wing station interfaces.

Dual-Rail Launcher Test Set: Test all pre-launch functionality of a semi-active laser guided missiles including signal, power and performs system power fault checks.

Carriage Emulators: Provides emulator integration and test units that provide all physical, logical, electrical, signal interfaces that are identical to real-world bomb rack or missile/rocket launcher systems. The Multiple Launcher Emulators have supported all Apache to Hellfire M-299 and M-310 configurations and supports any model Hellfire (K through R & latest JAGM) to be emulated for software development and integration testing. WINTEC also supports many diverse smart bomb rack configurations with the Multi-Store/Rack Emulator (MRSE) units that support many J-series weapon stores. Emulators are invaluable in the platform-carriage-store systems integrations as the actual carriage/store do not have to be used, and faults may be injected to determine the level of robustness in the platform and/or carriage subsystems and software. WINTEC developed the MLE6L has been used to support the Navy Longbow integration on the LCS surface ship. Ultimately the Navy will use the VLS for launch of up to 24 LC8 (Longbow variant) missiles for close-in ship protection.

Store Emulators: WINTEC also develops emulators that represent the weapon store interfaces to the smart rack or missile launcher carriage systems. In this case, the actual power/signal/logical/discreet interface at the weapon store is emulated and behaviors represented of the actual weapon store are exercised. WINTEC demonstrated Store Side Platform Specific Implementation (PSI) compliance of a weapon interface relative to the Boeing UAI Certification Tool.

[All development projects require the approval of the cognizant DoD Service program office authorities for interface data and information.]

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MIL-STD-1760 ICD development: WINTEC’s founder led the original development of the MIL-STD-1760 ICD while employed at AFRL prior to their forming WINTEC.

Universal Armament Interface development: WINTEC developed the first draft of the UAI ICD under an AFRL SBIR Phase II risk reduction contract, and facilitated early meetings with Industry, before it evolved to current major primes membership.

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Since 1983, WINTEC has built a solid reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions for our customers’ toughest problems. Our expertise in systems and software engineering provide these solutions for many military applications—including manned/unmanned aircraft and weapons/sensors integration and ground robotics systems.